Sash holder



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Patented Aug. 2, 1932 SALVATORE RESCA, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK SASH HOLDER Application filed April 19,

The present invention relates to improvements in window sash-holders by the use of which the counterbalancing weights and their flexible connections are dispensed with.

The main object of the invention is to provide a sash-holder which is simple in construction, eifcient in operation, durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sash-holder of the type mentioned which may be readily applied to windows without necessitating material changes in the construction of the later.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that many chc nges may be made in the size and proportion ofthe several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages o-f the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whioh:--

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window having the invention applied thereto, the same being partly in section; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through a window frame provided with the improvement, the sashes being removed in order to more clearly show the construction; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, on a larger scale; and Fig. l is a section taken on line 44 of Fig. 8.

In the drawing the numeral 10 indicates a window frame of ordinary construction, provided on its jambs with guide strips 11 for the sashes 12. Between each pair of guide strips is counter-sunk into the window jamb a channel-rail 13, extending throughout the length of the jamb and having rotatably mounted therein rollers 11i which revolve on 1930. Serial No. 445,629.

horizontally disposed spindles 15' and are closely spaced, as shown in the several figures of the drawing. The rollers are flush with the exposed faces of the jambs and Contact with the stiles 16 of the window sashes, thereby guiding the latter in their movement and preventing rattling thereof. In each stile of each sash is formed a mortise 17, in which is disposed a casing 18 held therein by screws 19, or otherwise. In each casing are slida- Y bly arranged two spring-actuated bolts 20, provided with reduced ends 21 which project through apertures 22 in the casing toward the adjacent rollers 14. Each set of bolts is so spaced that it is adapted to project between two pairs of rollers, as clearly shown in Fig. 4; of the drawing. The outer ends of the bolts are properly rounded, so that they ride smoothly over the rollers in the up and down movement of the sashes but project sufcient- 1y between the rollers to maintain the sashes in any desired position without the aid of the usual counter-weights.

The operation of the device is simple and will be readily understood from the foregoing description. Itis obvious that the sashes may be raised and lowered without manually actuating the bolts, the latter sliding back and forth automatically in their casings as the sashes are being moved in either direction. In this manner the construction herein described diifers from the usual rack-bar and latch-bolt type devices, wherein the sashes may be raised without actuating the bolts manually but can be lowered only after the bolts have been manually disengaged from the rack-bars.

What I claim is The combination with a window frame, of a slidable sash therein, a plurality of spaced rollers on the jambs of said frame in contact with the stiles of said sash, thereby providing a rolling contact between said stiles and -said jambs for guiding said sash in its movement and preventing rattling thereof, a casing on each stile of said sash, and a plurality of spring-actuated bolts slidably arranged in each casing for (zo-operation with said rollers, said bolts being also spaced and adapted to ride overl said rollers as the sash moves in said frame and project between the rollers to maintain the sash in adjusted positions on said frame.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 17th day of April, A. D. 1930. 

